TY - GEN
T1 - Silicon carbide diode bridge circuit for capacitive sensor readout in high temperature (673K) environmnet
AU - Chand, R.
AU - Tanaka, S.
AU - Esashi, M.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Sensing using a micro-device at high temperature is a critical problem as a Si readout circuit does not work at high temperature, even if a sensor itself is heat-resistive. We for the first time proposed and demonstrated a SiC diode bridge circuit for capacitive sensor readout at high temperature. SiC pn-junction diodes were tested at high temperature up to 673 K. The SiC diode circuit was constructed on a sapphire substrate with Ni wedge wire bonding and die attach using high temperature conductive paste. The concept was demonstrated using a MOS capacitor bank as a dummy sensor, and differential capacitance was successfully read at 673 K.
AB - Sensing using a micro-device at high temperature is a critical problem as a Si readout circuit does not work at high temperature, even if a sensor itself is heat-resistive. We for the first time proposed and demonstrated a SiC diode bridge circuit for capacitive sensor readout at high temperature. SiC pn-junction diodes were tested at high temperature up to 673 K. The SiC diode circuit was constructed on a sapphire substrate with Ni wedge wire bonding and die attach using high temperature conductive paste. The concept was demonstrated using a MOS capacitor bank as a dummy sensor, and differential capacitance was successfully read at 673 K.
KW - Capacitive sensor
KW - Diode bridge circuit
KW - High temperature sensor
KW - Readout circuit
KW - SiC diode
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U2 - 10.1109/Transducers.2013.6626943
DO - 10.1109/Transducers.2013.6626943
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891681211
SN - 9781467359818
T3 - 2013 Transducers and Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013
SP - 1020
EP - 1023
BT - 2013 Transducers and Eurosensors XXVII
T2 - 2013 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013
Y2 - 16 June 2013 through 20 June 2013
ER -